BAY — Jessica Aldean Morrison, 84, of Bay died Friday morning, Sept. 26, at her son’s home at Jonesboro.

She was born at Baldwyn, Miss., on Feb. 4, 1924, to the late Ira and Mae Gentry, and lived most her life in Bay.

She was a graduate of Bay High School and Arkansas State College and spent 38 years in elementary classrooms, 33 of which were in Bay Public Schools. She also taught in Hornersville and Steele, Mo. She was a recipient of the Arkansas Excellence in Education Award and was truly loved by her former students.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bay.

Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Edgar Morrison; her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Jan Morrison; her grandchildren and spouses, Matt and Alison Morrison, Michael and Kimberly Morrison and Meredith and Justin Wills; her great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jillian and Maddox Morrison, all of Jonesboro; and two sisters, Geneva Stotts of Maynard and Joni Moody of Bay.

Graveside funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2 in Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery
with the Rev. Dan Morrison officiating.

Visitation will be tonight from 5-7 in Emerson Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Bay First Baptist Church or St. Bernards Hospice.

He was born Nov. 20, 1922, at Eaton to the late Elmer H. and Alice Tretenburg Richey.

Mr. Richey was united in marriage to Shirley Smith on Dec. 8, 1947. He was a self-employed dairy farmer and member of the Church of Christ of Eaton.

He is survived by his wife, Shirley Richey of Black Rock; two sons, Steve Richey of Cherokee Village and Coy Lavon Richey of Forrest City; two sisters, Opal Murphy of Marysville, Calif., and Hazel Hubbard of Walnut Ridge; two brothers, J.W. Richey and Lloyd Richey, both of Eaton; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

Mr. Richey was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, O.D. Richey and J.D. Richey.

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Higginbotham Chapel at Walnut Ridge with Harold Russell officiating and burial to follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Higginbotham Funeral Services.

She leaves her mother, Ruth Hollingshad Rickard of West Plains, Mo.; her son, Dr. Matthew W. Smith and wife Meredith of Tempe, Ariz.; grandsons, Jackson and Wyatt; and a host of extended family and friends.

A memorial service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in St. Stephens Episcopal Church at Blytheville. Visitation is from 4-6 tonight in the church.

A graveside service will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Howell Valley Cemetery
at West Plains. Cobb Funeral Home of Blytheville is in charge of arrangements.

Survivors include her husband, John Berry of Jonesboro; two sons, John H. Berry of Montgomery, Ala., and Tim Berry of Paragould; two daughters, Mary Catherine Martinez of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Charlotte Perry of Jonesboro; a brother, Max Nelson of Marmaduke; two sisters, Kay Huckabay of Rector and Elizabeth Green of Naples, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel at Rector.

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